Officials Release Name Of Man Killed In Crash

NEWS IN BRIEF

May 8, 2000

DELAND - Officials on Sunday released the name of a Eustis man who was killed in a fiery crash Thursday on Old New York Avenue.

Shawn Root, 27, was driving a Plymouth van west on Old New York, just south of State Road 44, when he failed to make it around a curve, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The van left the road and slammed into a tree before bursting into flames.

The Medical Examiner's Office had to use dental records to confirm Root's identity.